The great principle of english fair-play
Male Champions, the English Women's Movement and the Admission of Women to the Pharmaceutical Society in 1879
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3199104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Jordan (0000-0003-1477-3904, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 381-410 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612029800200366 |
| OpenAlex | W4256563949, W2060133418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Although the nineteenth-century women's movement in Britain was committed to opening male professions to women, pharmacy was not considered a likely target until it was discovered that certain men in the ruling body of the Pharmaceutical Society were sympathetic to their cause. Two young women already training to be hospital dispensers under the auspices of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women were then encouraged to take the Pharmaceutical Society's examinations and apply for membership of the Society. The male champions who conducted a 7-year campaign for the admission of these women, although motivated by a commitment to gender equality, for strategic reasons limited their public rhetoric to appeals to justice, fairness and generosity. It is therefore suggested that the role of contingency and expediency in nineteenth-century feminist campaigns should be recognised
Economic Justice · Generosity · Political science · Rhetoric · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Innovations · Medicine · Pharmacy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |